Latvia Says EU Could Ratchet Up Pressure on Russia

January 23, 2015 2:34 PM

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Latvia's foreign minister, who has a lead role in EU diplomacy, said new violence in eastern Ukraine was jeopardizing a cease-fire deal with Russia and warned the EU may look at new measures to penalize Moscow.

Renewed fighting around Donetsk has increasingly cast doubt over truce accords signed at Minsk in September.